O campo de estudo relativo ao método FDTD e sua aplicação em caracterização de canais de rádio é bastante vasto. Nessa seção, iremos destacar alguns itens que, de certa forma, promovem continuidade ao trabalho. Tais como:
• Caracterização bidimensional de canais rádio em ambientes indoor;
• Utilização de métodos que, com pós-processamento, considerem reflexões no solo;
• Caracterização tridimensional de canais rádio em ambientes indoor e
outdoor, utilizando a técnica tradicional FDTD;
• Caracterização tridimensional de canais rádio em ambientes indoor e
outdoor, utilizando a técnica modificada RFDTD;
• Utilização de técnicas híbridas tais como FDTD conjuntamente com UTD na caracterização de canais rádio.
• Estudo de implementações que permitam diminuir a dispersão e estabilidade numérica tais como utilizar equações diferenciais espaciais de quarta ordem ou mesmo células hexagonais na grade.
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